Jessica Rhoades

Jessica Rhoades is an American television producer. She is an executive producer on the sci-fi drama anthology series Black Mirror and has produced for limited series such as Sharp Objects and Station Eleven. In 2018, she launched her production company, Pacesetter Productions, to focus on bringing the projects of new and established writers to life.

Early and personal life Rhoades has a Masters of Fine Arts from the Producer’s Program in the School of Theatre, Film, and Television at UCLA. After graduating, Rhoades spent 15 years working for Bravo, E!, Nickelodeon and TLC, partnering with Ashley Tisdale at Blondie Girl Productions. In 2018, she left Blumhouse Television to form her production company, Pacesetter Productions.

Career Rhoades was an executive producer on Gillian Flynn's Amazon Studios series Utopia in 2020, on season two of Dirty John, and in 2018 on Sharp Objects, based on the novel by Flynn and adapted by Marti Noxon, starring Amy Adams and directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.

She served as an executive producer on the HBO Max limited series Station Eleven from creator Patrick Somerville and director Hiro Murai.

Rhoades is an executive producer of the Netflix series Black Mirror.

Rhoades' additional credits include Showtime's The Affair and NBC's The Village.

Recognition In 2019, Sharp Objects was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and eight Primetime Emmy Awards, including nominations for Best Limited Series for both. Other award nominations for Sharp Objects include Breakthrough Series – Long Form at the Gotham Awards and a nomination at the Producers Guild of America Awards.

In 2022, Station Eleven was nominated for seven Emmys, three Film Independent Spirit Awards, including Best New Scripted Series, and a Critics' Choice Award for Best Limited Series. Other award nominations for Station Eleven include Breakthrough Series – Long Form at the Gotham Awards, as well as a Peabody Award, a Television Critics Association Award and a GLAAD Media Award.

In 2024, for her work on Black Mirror season six, Rhoades won a Producers Guild of America Award alongside creator Charlie Brooker in the category of Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures. The series also was nominated at the 2024 BAFTA TV Awards for Best Limited Drama.

In 2025, the seventh season of Black Mirror, received nine Primetime Emmy Award nominations, making it the most nominated season of the series to date.

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